The Pack Basket Restaurant - Part 2

This is Part 2 of my exploration of the wonderful Pack Basket Restaurant in Gabriels (Brighton), New York in the heart of the Adirondacks. While they were preparing my sandwich, I walked around getting photos of the Adirondack memorabilia and crafts adorning every surface except the tabletops:

They had an antique coffee grinder, lantern and oaken bucket:

Lots of pottery and leg traps. I have no idea what that wooden thing is under the shelf. Feel free to leave a comment if you can identify it:

Old soda bottles:

More lanterns and what I think were oil cans. That "If You Dare Burger" sign advertises a gargantuan burger for sale which will also bring the reward of a free tee shirt to anyone who can eat it all:

There were plenty of old timey signs on the wall:

And an Adirondack canoe motor:

A beaver pelt and a painted oar. That ice skate, the proprietress told me, was used by her grandmother in the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics:

Lots of old cans: Honey, tea, coffee, cream of tartar, tobacco, salted pecans:

Beneath the stuffed pheasant was an old style egg carton, "Fresh From The Nest:"

But my sandwich was ready and the dogs were waiting out in the car. So I paid for my meal, thanked the staff and made my exit. Their sign, which had recently blown off in the high winds, was leaning against the front of the building:

I noticed that they also had a drive-up window, but at this time of year, everyone wants to come inside. I put my camera away, opened my sandwich and drove away toward home:

The Pack Basket Restaurant - Part 1

I ate breakfast up at the farm in what most people would consider the middle of the night. I waited for daylight before leaving for home, and then headed on my way. I arrived in Gabriels (Brighton) just as I was hungry for lunch, but far before most people began crowding into the popular Pack Basket Restaurant:


The main part of their sign ha blown down in the recent high winds, but they were open for business:

This is an old fashioned country restaurant in all the best of ways, and I'd wanted to get in here and take pictures some time when it wasn't filled with customers. This was my chance:

While they prepared my sandwich, I walked around snapping pictures of the Adirondack memorabilia and crafts adorning every wall. This old phone had been converted to a modern phone and they used it when a mobile phone was unavailable:

There was an Adirondack table with a stuffed pheasant and coyote tails on top:

Mounted fish, creels, lures and squirrel skinner. Notice that most things had price tags and were for sale. It wasn't just a museum, though it could have served that purpose also:

An old bank, old bottles:

Old lanterns and a flatiron:

Snow shoes, creel, leg traps, decoys and a Boy Scout Reservation sign:

A giant bear trap:

Frog stabber, mounted fish, pack baskets, snow shoes:

Antlers, fish net, map, whippletree, pack basket. The restaurant was filled with such items and I was trying to get photos of as much as I could. I'll present Part 2 tomorrow: